Prof. dr. G.J. (Gerard) Steen
Language and Communication
Faculty of Humanities
Visiting address
- Binnengasthuisstraat 9
Postal address
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Postbus 15540
1001 NA Amsterdam
Contact details
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CV
I am professor emeritus of Language and Communication ('Taalbeheersing') in the Department of Dutch Studies. I previously held chairs at VU University Amsterdam in Language and Communication (2013-2014) and in Language Use and Cognition (2007-2013). An update of my views on metaphor can be found in my article on Deliberate Metaphor Theory: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1242888. My most recent theoretical contribution can be found here: The Ambiguity of Metaphor: How Polysemy Affords Multivalent Metaphor Use and Explains the Paradox of Metaphor
For a complete CV, see the attachment.
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Publications
2024
- Steen, G. (2024). The Ambiguity of Metaphor: How Polysemy Affords Multivalent Metaphor Use and Explains the Paradox of Metaphor. Metaphor and Symbol, 39(4), 242-259. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926488.2024.2359406
2023
Boeynaems, A., Burgers, C., Konijn, E. A., & Steen, G. J. (2023). Attractive or repellent? How right-wing populist voters respond to figuratively framed anti-immigration rhetoric. Communications : The European Journal of Communication Research, 48, 502-522. https://doi.org/10.1515/commun-2021-0082 [details]- Steen, G. J. (2023). Thinking by metaphor, fast and slow: Deliberate Metaphor Theory offers a new model for metaphor and its comprehension. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, Article 1242888. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1242888 [details]
2022
- Renardel de Lavalette, K. Y., Andone, C., & Steen, G. J. (2022). The use of clarificatory metaphors in argumentative discourse in British Public Bill Committee debates. Text & Talk, 42(5), 735-754 . Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-0101 [details]
2021
- Finsen, A. B., Steen, G. J., & Wagemans, J. H. M. (2021). How do scientists criticize the computer metaphor of the brain? Using an argumentative pattern for reconstructing resistance to metaphor. Journal of Argumentation in Context, 10(2), 171-201. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1075/jaic.19018.bil [details]
- Wackers, D. Y. M., Plug, H. J., & Steen, G. J. (2021). “For crying out loud, don't call me a warrior”: Standpoints of resistance against violence metaphors for cancer. Journal of Pragmatics, 174, 68-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2020.12.021 [details]
2020
- Droog, E., Burgers, C., & Steen, G. J. (2020). How Satirists Alternate Between Discursive Modes: An Introduction of the Humoristic Metaphors in Satirical News (HMSN) Typology. International Journal of Communication : IJoC, 14, 3964-3985. [details]
- Reijnierse, W. G., Burgers, C., Krennmayr, T., & Steen, G. J. (2020). The role of co-text in the analysis of potentially deliberate metaphor. In C. Di Biase-Dyson, & M. Egg (Eds.), Drawing Attention to Metaphor: Case studies across time periods, cultures and modalities (pp. 15-38). (Figurative thought and language; Vol. 5). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/ftl.5.02rei [details]
- Wackers, D. Y. M., Plug, H. J., & Steen, G. J. (2020). Violence metaphors for cancer: Pragmatic and symptomatic arguments against. Metaphor and the Social World, 10(1), 121-140. https://doi.org/10.1075/msw.19005.wac [details]
2019
- Bolognesi, M., & Steen, G. J. (2019). Introduction. In M. Bolognesi, & G. J. Steen (Eds.), Perspectives on Abstract Concepts: Cognition, language and communication (pp. 1-13). (Human cognitive processing (HCP); Vol. 65). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.65.01bol [details]
- Bolognesi, M., & Steen, G. J. (Eds.) (2019). Perspectives on Abstract Concepts: Cognition, language and communication. (Human cognitive processing (HCP); Vol. 65). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.65 [details]
- Cuccio, V., & Steen, G. (2019). Deliberate metaphors and embodied simulation. In I. Navarro i Ferrando (Ed.), Current approaches to metaphor analysis in discourse (pp. 185-203). (Applications of Cognitive Linguistics [ACL]; Vol. 39). De Gruyter Mouton. https://doi.org/9783110629460-009 [details]
- Finsen, A. B., Steen, G. J., & Wagemans, J. H. M. (2019). An argumentative reconstruction of the computer metaphor of the brain. Journal of Argumentation in Context, 8(3), 317-335. https://doi.org/10.1075/jaic.18019.fin [details]
- Nacey, S., Dorst, A. G., Krennmayr, T., Reijnierse, W. G., & Steen, G. J. (2019). MIPVU in multiple languages. In S. Nacey , A. G. Dorst, T. Krennmayr, & W. G. Reijnierse (Eds.), Metaphor Identification in Multiple Languages: MIPVU across the world (pp. 2-21). (Converging evidence in language and communication research; Vol. 22). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/celcr.22.01nac [details]
- Reijnierse, W. G., Burgers, C., Krennmayr, T., & Steen, G. J. (2019). Metaphor in communication: The distribution of potentially deliberate metaphor across register and word class. Corpora, 14(3), 301-326. https://doi.org/10.3366/cor.2019.0176 [details]
- Renardel de Lavalette, K. Y., Andone, C., & Steen, G. J. (2019). Figurative analogies and how they are resisted in British Public Bill Committee debates. Metaphor and the Social World, 9(1), 107-130. https://doi.org/10.1075/msw.17027.lav [details]
- Renardel de Lavalette, K. Y., Andone, C., & Steen, G. J. (2019). I did not say that the Government should be plundering anybody's savings: Resistance to metaphors expressing starting points in parliamentary debates. Journal of Language and Politics, 18(5), 718-738. https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.18066.ren [details]
- Renardel de Lavalette, K. Y., Steen, G., & Burgers, C. (2019). How to Identify Moral Language in Presidential Speeches: A comparison between a social-psychological and a cognitive-linguistic approach to corpus analysis. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory, 15(2), 239-265. https://doi.org/10.1515/cllt-2016-0007 [details]
- Steen, G. J., Dorst, A. G., Herrmann, J. B., Kaal, A. A., Krennmayr, T., & Pasma, T. (2019). MIPVU: A manual for identifying metaphor-related words. In S. Nacey, A. G. Dorst, T. Krennmayr, & W. G. Reijnierse (Eds.), Metaphor Identification in Multiple Languages: MIPVU across the world (pp. 24-40). (Converging evidence in language and communication research; Vol. 22). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/celcr.22.02ste [details]
2018
- Bolognesi, M., & Steen, G. (2018). Editors' Introduction: Abstract Concepts: Structure, Processing, and Modeling. Topics in Cognitive Science, 10(3), 490-500. https://doi.org/10.1111/tops.12354 [details]
- Bolognesi, M., & Steen, G. (Eds.) (2018). Abstract concepts: Structure, process, and modeling. Topics in Cognitive Science, 10(3), 490-640. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17568765/2018/10/3
- Burgers, C., Renardel de Lavalette, K. Y., & Steen, G. J. (2018). Metaphor, hyperbole, and irony: Uses in isolation and in combination in written discourse. Journal of Pragmatics, 127, 71-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2018.01.009 [details]
- Reijnierse, W. G., Burgers, C. F., Krennmayr, T., & Steen, G. J. (2018). DMIP: A method for identifying potentially deliberate metaphor in language use. Corpus Pragmatics, 2(2), 129-147. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41701-017-0026-7 [details]
- Reijnierse, W. G., Burgers, C., Krennmayr, T., & Steen, G. J. (2018). On metaphorical views, dynamite and doodlings: Functions of domain adjectives in metaphorical domain constructions. Review of Cognitive Linguistics, 16(2), 431-454. https://doi.org/10.1075/rcl.00017.rei [details]
- Steen, G. J. (2018). Conclusion. In G. J. Steen (Ed.), Visual Metaphor: Structure and process (pp. 185-196). (Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research; Vol. 18). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xww&AN=1933830&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_185 [details]
- Steen, G. J. (Ed.) (2018). Visual Metaphor: Structure and process. ( Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research; Vol. 18). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xww&AN=1933830&site=ehost-live&scope=site [details]
- van den Heerik, R., Šorm, E., & Steen, G. J. (2018). Behavioral evidence for VISMIP. In G. J. Steen (Ed.), Visual Metaphor: Structure and process (pp. 117-145). (Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research; Vol. 18). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xww&AN=1933830&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_117 [details]
- van der Hel, S., Hellsten, I., & Steen, G. (2018). Tipping points and climate change: Metaphor between science and the media. Environmental Communication, 12(5), 605-620. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2017.1410198 [details]
- Šorm , E., & Steen, G. J. (2018). VISMIP: Towards a method for visual metaphor identification. In G. J. Steen (Ed.), Visual Metaphor: Structure and process (pp. 47-87). (Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research; Vol. 18). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xww&AN=1933830&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_47 [details]
2017
- Boeynaems, A., Burgers, C., Konijn, E. A., & Steen, G. J. (2017). The Effects of Metaphorical Framing on Political Persuasion: A Systematic Literature Review. Metaphor and Symbol, 32(2), 118-134. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926488.2017.1297623 [details]
- Boeynaems, A., Burgers, C., Konijn, E. A., & Steen, G. J. (2017). The Impact of Conventional and Novel Metaphors in News on Issue Viewpoint. International Journal of Communication : IJoC, 11, 2861-2879. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/7093 [details]
- Brugman, B. C., Burgers, C., & Steen, G. J. (2017). Recategorizing political frames: A systematic review of metaphorical framing in experiments on political communication. Annals of the International Communication Association, 41(2), 181-197. https://doi.org/10.1080/23808985.2017.1312481 [details]
- Burgers, C., & Steen, G. J. (2017). Introducing a three-dimensional model of verbal irony: Irony in language, in thought, and in communication. In A. Athanasiadou, & H. L. Colston (Eds.), Irony in Language Use and Comunication (pp. 87-108). (Figurative thought and language; Vol. 1). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/ftl.1.05bur [details]
- Krennmayr, T., & Steen, G. (2017). VU Amsterdam metaphor corpus. In N. Ide, & J. Pustejovsky (Eds.), Handbook of linguistic annotation (pp. 1053-1071). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0881-2_39 [details]
- Negro, I., Šorm, E., & Steen, G. (2017). General image understanding in visual metaphor identification. Odisea, 18, 113-131. https://doi.org/10.25115/odisea.v0i18.1900 [details]
- Steen, G. (2017). Deliberate Metaphor Theory: Basic assumptions, core tenets, remaining issues. Intercultural Communication, 14(1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1515/ip-2017-0001 [details]
- Steen, G. (2017). Identifying metaphors in language. In E. Semino, & Z. Demjén (Eds.), Routledge handbook of metaphor and language (pp. 73-87). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315672953 [details]
- Steen, G. J. (2017). Attention to metaphor: Where embodied cognition and social interaction can meet, but may not often do so. In B. Hampe (Ed.), Metaphor: Embodied cognition and discourse (pp. 279-296). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108182324.016 [details]
- van den Heerik, R. A. M., van Hooijdonk, C. M. J., Burgers, C., & Steen, G. J. (2017). “Smoking Is Sóóó … Sandals and White Socks”: Co-Creation of a Dutch Anti-Smoking Campaign to Change Social Norms. Health Communication, 32(7), 621-628. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2016.1168000 [details]
2016
- Burgers, C., Brugman, B. C., Renardel de Lavalette, K. Y., & Steen, G. J. (2016). HIP: A Method for Linguistic Hyperbole Identification in Discourse. Metaphor and Symbol, 31(3), 163-178. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926488.2016.1187041 [details]
- Burgers, C., Konijn, E. A., & Steen, G. J. (2016). Figurative framing: Shaping public discourse through metaphor, hyperbole and irony. Communication Theory, 26(4), 410-430. https://doi.org/10.1111/comt.12096 [details]
- Steen, G. (2016). Metaphor: Metaphor and style through genre, with illustrations from Caroll Ann Duffy’s Rapture. In V. Sotirova (Ed.), The Bloomsbury companion to stylistics (pp. 308-324). (Bloomsbury companions). Bloomsbury Academic. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781472593603.0023 [details]
- Steen, G. (2016). Sensory-Motor Concepts and Metaphor in Usage. In L. Ströbel (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference "Sensory Motor Concepts in Language & Cognition" (pp. 85-108). (Proceedings in language and cognition; Vol. 1). Düsseldorf University Press. [details]
- Steen, G. J. (2016). Mixed metaphor is a case of deliberate metaphor. In R. W. Gibbs (Ed.), Mixing metaphor (pp. 113-132). (Metaphor in Language, Cognition, and Communication; Vol. 6). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/milcc.6.06ste [details]
- Stukker, N., Spooren, W., & Steen, G. (2016). Genre in Language, Discourse and Cognition: Introduction to the volume. In N. Stukker, W. Spooren, & G. Steen (Eds.), Genre in language, discourse and cognition (pp. 1-12). (Applications of Cognitive Linguistics; Vol. 33). De Gruyter Mouton. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110469639-002 [details]
2015
- Burgers, C., Konijn, E. A., Steen, G. J., & Iepsma, M. A. R. (2015). Making ads less complex, yet more creative and persuasive: The effect of conventional metaphors and irony in print advertising. International Journal of Advertising, 34(3), 515-532. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650487.2014.996200 [details]
- Reijnierse, W. G., Burgers, C., Krennmayr, T., & Steen, G. J. (2015). How viruses and beasts affect our opinions (or not): The role of extendedness in metaphorical framing. Metaphor and the Social World, 5(2), 245-263. https://doi.org/10.1075/msw.5.2.04rei [details]
- Steen, G. (2015). Developing, testing and interpreting Deliberate Metaphor Theory. Journal of Pragmatics, 90, 67-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2015.03.013 [details]
2014
- Steen, G. J., Reijnierse, W. G., & Burgers, C. (2014). When do natural language metaphors influence reasoning? A follow-up study to Thibodeau and Boroditsky (2013). PLoS ONE, 9(12), Article e113536. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0113536
2017
- Barron, A., Gu, Y., & Steen, G. (Eds.) (2017). The Routledge Handbook of Pragmatics. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315668925 [details]
2016
- Stukker, N., Spooren, W., & Steen, G. (Eds.) (2016). Genre in language, discourse and cognition. (Applications of Cognitive Linguistics; Vol. 33). De Gruyter Mouton. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110469639 [details]
2018
- Steen, G. (2018). Een onontkoombaar verval of een plastisch en dus kneedbaar brein: Metaforisch denken en spreken over dementie. Neerlandia, 122(3), 30-31. [details]
2016
- Renardel de Lavalette, K., Burgers, C., & Steen, G. (2016). Verzorgende ouder of strenge vader: Morele metaforen in Amerikaanse politiek. Tekst[blad], 22(2), 12-15. [details]
- Steen, G. (2016). “Life is life”: Changing perspectives in linguistics. (Oratiereeks; No. 560). Universiteit van Amsterdam. [details]
Journal editor
- Steen, G. (member of editorial board) (2018). Lingua (Journal).
- Steen, G. (member of editorial board) (2015). John Benjamins (Publisher).
- Steen, G. (member of editorial board) (2015). Tijdschrift voor Taalbeheersing (Journal).
- Steen, G. (editor) (2011). Scientific Study of Literature (Journal).
- Steen, G. (member of editorial board) (2011). metaphorik.de (Journal).
- Steen, G. (editor) (2010). John Benjamins (Publisher).
- Steen, G. (editor) (2010-2019). John Benjamins (Publisher).
- Steen, G. (member of editorial board) (2010). Metaphor and the Social World (Journal).
- Steen, G. (member of editorial board) (2003). Journal of Pragmatics (Journal).
- Steen, G. (member of editorial board) (2003). Functions of Language (Journal).
- Steen, G. (member of editorial board) (2003). Language and Literature (Journal).
- Steen, G. (member of editorial board) (2002). Review of Cognitive Linguistics (Journal).
- Steen, G. (editor) (2002). Metaphor and Symbol (Journal).
Talk / presentation
- Andone, C. (speaker), Renardel de Lavalette, K. (speaker) & Steen, G. (speaker) (18-6-2020). Uses and functions of figurative analogy arguments in British parliamentary debates, Researching and Applying Metaphor Conference.
- Renardel de Lavalette, K. (speaker), Andone, C. (speaker) & Steen, G. (speaker) (24-6-2019). Figurative analogy argumentation in British Public Bill Committee debates, European Conference in Argumentation, Groningen.
- Renardel de Lavalette, K. (speaker), Andone, C. (speaker) & Steen, G. (speaker) (16-5-2019). Figurative analogy argumentation in British Public Bill Committee debates, The 7th Researching and Applying Metaphor seminar, Liege.
- Renardel de Lavalette, K. Y. (speaker), Andone, C. (speaker) & Steen, G. (speaker) (7-2018). Countering metaphors expressing starting points in political debates, The 9th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation, Amsterdam.
- Renardel de Lavalette, K. (speaker), Andone, C. (speaker) & Steen, G. (speaker) (7-2-2018). Countering figurative analogies in British Public Bill Committee debates, ARGAGE 2018 Conference, Lugano.
- Renardel de Lavalette, K. Y. (speaker), Andone, C. (speaker) & Steen, G. (speaker) (2018). Countering metaphors expressing starting points in political debates, The 12th International conference on researching and applying metaphor, Hong Kong.
- Steen, G. (keynote speaker) (9-11-2017). Deliberateness and creativity in metaphorical language, cognition and communication, Metaphor, Reggio Emila.
- Steen, G. (keynote speaker) (23-10-2017). Deliberate Metaphor Theory (DMT and style, Third international communication styles conference, Krosno.
- Renardel de Lavalette, K. Y. (speaker), Andone, C. (speaker) & Steen, G. J. (speaker) (31-8-2017). Resistance to metaphor in British Public Bill Committee Debates, Metaphor Festival, Amsterdam.
- Steen, G. (invited speaker) (31-7-2017). Analogy, utterance comprehension, and metaphor, Symposium abstract relational thinking: metaphor, spatial representation, and creativity, Paris.
- Steen, G. (invited speaker) (25-5-2017). Metaphor and argumentation in discourse, Metaphor and argumentation, Cagliari.
- Steen, G. (invited speaker) (22-5-2017). Metaphor and cognition, Metaphors of the mind, Roma.
- Steen, G. (invited speaker) (23-2-2017). Metaphor as a model of scientific knowledge, Sapienza University Rome.
- Steen, G. (keynote speaker) (10-10-2016). A model for metaphor in scientific knowledge and science communication, Metaphor as a means of knowledge communication, Perm.
- Steen, G. (invited speaker) (30-9-2016). Stijl tussen taal en communicatie, Neerlandistiek met stijl, Leiden.
- Steen, G. (keynote speaker) (7-7-2016). Core conepts of DMT, The premeditated path, Berlin.
- Steen, G. (keynote speaker) (19-5-2016). Food as metaphor, Second international conference on food and culture in translation, Catania.
- Steen, G. (keynote speaker) (14-4-2016). Language and discourse via genre, 10th international IDEA conference, Istanbul.
- Steen, G. (keynote speaker) (2-12-2015). Life is life, Metaphor and discourse IV, Castellon de la Plana.
- Steen, G. (keynote speaker) (23-10-2015). Life, metaphor and beer, ELLSTAT 5, Belgrade.
- Steen, G. (keynote speaker) (7-10-2015). Metaphor in The Cancer Poetry Project, Vth international conference on metaphor in language and thought, Belo Horizonte.
- Steen, G. (invited speaker) (3-7-2015). MIP, VIP, and HIP, 2nd reliability workshop, Amsterdam.
- Steen, G. (invited speaker) (8-6-2015). Why Deliberate Metaphor Theory does have a future, University of Palermo.
- Steen, G. (keynote speaker) (6-6-2015). Discourse conditions for creative metaphor use, 2nd international neuro humanities studies dialogue, Catania.
- Steen, G. (invited speaker) (19-3-2015). A 3D model for metaphor, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou.
2024
2021
- Renardel de Lavalette, K. Y. (2021). Resistance to metaphor in parliamentary debates. [Thesis, fully internal, Universiteit van Amsterdam]. LOT. https://doi.org/10.48273/LOT0591 [details]
2021
- Wackers, D. Y. M., Steen, G. J. & Plug, H. J. (8-1-2021). Standpoints of resistance against violence metaphors for cancer.docx. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.13525616.v1
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Boeynaems, A., Burgers, C., Konijn, E. A., & Steen, G. J. (2023). Attractive or repellent? How right-wing populist voters respond to figuratively framed anti-immigration rhetoric. Communications : The European Journal of Communication Research, 48, 502-522.